Glenwood Memorial Gardens

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Established in 1923, Glenwood Memorial Gardens is a nondenominational cemetery situated on approximately 70 acres in Broomall, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia in Delaware County. Our beautifully maintained grounds offer gently rolling hills, beautiful gardens, elegant statuary and stately trees that provide a quiet and picturesque setting to honor the memory of a loved one.

Amenities

Cremation Memorials

Customized Memorials

Double-depth Companion Plots

Flat Markers

Mausoleums

Private Family Estates

Private Mausoleums

Upright headstones

Veterans Cemetery Section

Distinct burial, cremation and entombment options

At Glenwood Memorial Gardens, we offer a variety of interment options that include traditional ground burial, side-by-side burial, entombment in our 3 community mausoleums, personalized family estates and cremation estates. Whether you have an immediate need for our cemetery services or wish to make arrangements in advance, we are committed to providing a final resting spot that meets your loved one’s needs and wishes.

Honoring veterans and military families

We are privileged to serve veterans and military families. At Glenwood Memorial Gardens, we have 3 veteran’s gardens on our cemetery property dedicated to the men and women who served our country. Loved ones who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our freedom can be memorialized with a scroll bearing their name on our beautiful Veteran’s Memorial.

A trusted provider

We're proud to be a member of the Dignity Memorial® network of funeral, cremation and cemetery providers. When you choose Glenwood Memorial Gardens, you receive both the compassionate care you can expect from a Broomall-operated establishment and the value you deserve from North America’s largest network of funeral, cremation, burial and memorialization providers.

Visit us

We are conveniently located at 2321 West Chester Pike in Broomall and invite you to visit us to meet our welcoming staff and tour our beautiful cemetery property. Please contact us if you need immediate assistance or would like more information about our cemetery services.

History

First established in 1849, Glenwood Memorial Gardens was originally known as Glenwood Cemetery. The first burial at Glenwood took place in February 1850 and it was originally located at Ridge Avenue and 27th Street in the North Philadelphia Section of Philadelphia. Glenwood was named for the street adjacent to the cemetery, Glenwood Avenue. In 1938, due to eminent domain by the City of Philadelphia, Glenwood Cemetery and all its burials were moved to its current location in beautiful Delaware County.

The “new” Glenwood

The "new" cemetery, Glenwood Memorial Gardens, was established in 1923. The first burial took place in February 1924. While the original Glenwood was a monument cemetery, the new Glenwood incorporated flat bronze memorialization and beautiful features in most of the gardens.

A growing business

In 1996, the first of 3 community mausoleums opened. The new mausoleum not only gave families a new choice for burial of their loved ones, but also provided a chapel so families could hold services to celebrate their loved one’s life.

Centuries of service

With burials in our cemetery dating back to the 1700s, Glenwood Memorial Gardens has been an important part of the Philadelphia and Delaware Valley community for hundreds of years. We continue to embrace our remarkable history and strive to provide services and products that meet the diverse and evolving needs of today’s families.

Here for you when you need us

This site is provided as a service of SCI Shared Resources, LLC. The Dignity Memorial brand name is used to identify a network of licensed funeral, cremation and cemetery providers that include affiliates of Service Corporation International, 1929 Allen Parkway, Houston, Texas. With over 2,000 locations, Dignity Memorial providers proudly serve over 300,000 families a year.